[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 169 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 4045.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 of Article 1:
       The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide 
     for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United 
     States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.